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Fresh off the boat: September 2008
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Sunday, September 21, 2008. Hello, peeps. Summer is almost over, just a few more days of typhoon-induced humidity and then GLORIOUS AUTUMN! Much of the next 2 months I will be in the US doin' my recruitin', but I will post again with photos from CA, OR and WA. YAY! Last weekend was my cousin Midori's wedding, to longtime beau Takarin. The ceremony was held at Itsukushima Jinja, a world heritage site, on Miyajima, in her hometown of Hiroshima. It was surreal and beautiful. Holy world heritage site, batman.
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Fresh off the boat: Flashback 2009
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Saturday, December 19, 2009. Anyone within 5 meters of me at last year's New Years party at Propaganda heard my resolution that I would get married in 2009 (woooooo! I had had a few. Unless Benicio visits Tokyo next week, sadly this will go unrealized. BUT, I made another resolution that I would travel more in 2009- if possible, every month. I didn't do too shabby. To Gunma with Tokyo Gaijins for snowshoeing in Minakami. Snowshoe up the mountain, slide down on your bum! No traveling in May, but I did sta...
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Fresh off the boat: July 2009
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009. You know those dreams that are amazing and seem so real, and then you wake up and have to go to work? I did have to fly back to Tokyo and the job, but I'm still dreaming about Bali. My visit to Bali was decided rather quickly. I "had" to use up a week of vacation that expired in June (I know, woe is me). It being the slow time of year in the office, the timing was good. Go on, try it. I had the best time surfing. I really, really loved it. It was like flying. The wat...Maybe I'm...
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Fresh off the boat: December 2009
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Saturday, December 19, 2009. Anyone within 5 meters of me at last year's New Years party at Propaganda heard my resolution that I would get married in 2009 (woooooo! I had had a few. Unless Benicio visits Tokyo next week, sadly this will go unrealized. BUT, I made another resolution that I would travel more in 2009- if possible, every month. I didn't do too shabby. To Gunma with Tokyo Gaijins for snowshoeing in Minakami. Snowshoe up the mountain, slide down on your bum! No traveling in May, but I did sta...
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Fresh off the boat: April 2011
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Thursday, April 07, 2011. All I need to know I learned from a once-in-a-millennium magnitute 9 earthquake. Have an emergency communication plan with your family. Keep an extra cell phone recharger at your office desk. Don't keep waiting to give your dad the 3-day earthquake survival kit that you bought him 6 months ago. If your train stops running right before Friday evening rush hour, have a drink with friends at the local standing bar to think things through. Aftershocks are a great alarm clock.
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Fresh off the boat: March 2009
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Monday, March 23, 2009. Originally uploaded by ninapod. I saw a funny TV news clip the other day that epitomizes pointless Japanese officials officiating things. Site is some park in Tokyo where the sakura have begun blooming. A government official arrives with an enormous camera, takes a few photos of a blooming sakura and announces to the news camera: 「桜が咲き始めました。以上です。」. Sunday, March 22, 2009. Originally uploaded by ninapod. Originally uploaded by ninapod. Chico was a big hit among Kamakura-ites. A few...
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Fresh off the boat: May 2011
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011. I dropped my phone recently and cracked the screen. Most of my data is synched online but for a split second I had a terrible feeling that my phone was irreparably broken and all unsynched stuff, like photos, were lost. I use the phone camera a lot but only keep photos that I like. Before I drop my phone again and REALLY lose all my data, I am backing them up here. Because the internet will be here forever. These photos have stood the test of time these past 9 months. The magnitu...
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Fresh off the boat: November 2008
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008. Jump if you love Oregon! Like mother, like daughter. Originally uploaded by ninapod. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Fresh off the boat. View my complete profile. This is a Flickr badge showing public photos from ninapod. Make your own badge here. Jump if you love Oregon!
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Fresh off the boat: Day 21
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Friday, March 04, 2011. These long business trips are fun, and for the most part I change zip codes too often to get bored or lonely. It does help to have family and friends living in many of the zip codes that I visit. Most recently, I saw cousin Quinn and Uncle Bish in Park City, Utah. Last time I saw Quinn he was 12 years old and at least 12 inches shorter. Going to the West Coast is always nice. Last fall, I was lucky to be in L.A. just when cousin Ashley was visiting cousin Nicole in Her...Laney als...
